Cloud Computing as a classroom technology

 

Teachers are already familiar with technology in the classroom with Microsoft office products. The students are very familiar with google in their personal use and academic use. Using technology in the classroom can be easily become a virtual learning system. That is why learning about copyright information is important.

So let us take a deeper look at the two technologies that job of teaching with technology in the classroom.

Google and Microsoft both use cloud computing, that makes sharing documents easy and secure.

The technology for Microsoft cloud is called One drive.

Everybody who has an outlook email address will be automatically get access to this cloud service. This is a basic service yet there is paid service that can be brought through office 365. So One can backup and save on one drive cloud space. The files one can share include are word, slide points videos and images. The first advantage is that the documents are safe. The next advantage is that one can organize their files in folders. One can access their files from any computer.

With Microsoft account using skype for basic web conferencing.

The biggest advantage is to embed the documents as a web link. The files can be also shared via email and social networks.

Similarly with Google account one can store their files in Google drive, a cloud storage, create movies in YouTube. They can use google hangout for having a video chat.

The advantage of google over Microsoft is that the teachers can create simple google sites or blogs and ask the students to interact with them.

The disadvantage of Using Google is that it may not be as secure as Microsoft.

So the teachers need to weigh all the pros and benefits when they are using these two technologies